We are celebrating our postdocs in our final seminar of the year. I’m grateful for having such a fun job and leading with ⁦Aric A. Prather, PhD⁩ who keeps us 😹 ⁦UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences⁩

A wonderful day bringing UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and UCSF Osher Center postdocs together for wellness and learning about science writing from the amazing Jack Turban MD — @UCSF is lucky to have you!

Thank you Elissa Epel and UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for having me!

It’s so exciting to see the new generation of scientists get their findings out to the world! 🥰

And a quick bop across the bay to UC Berkeley to present research funded by UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute at the Bay Area Aging Meeting — such a joyful day of science! Grateful for every moment of this postdoc experience with Aric A. Prather, PhD & Elissa Epel 🫶🏼

Unbelievable, yet not: Trump vowed to scrap climate laws if oil bosses donated $1bn to 2024 campaign theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Seeking therapists (Masters or PhD) familiar with motivational interviewing and mindfulness for remote work, $70/hour, for exciting UCSF study on binge eating! See link: MindfulEating Mindful Cambridge ED Center UofC EatingDisorders The Obesity Society sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

Through personal revelations, Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD, PhD, unveils how his father's misdiagnosed mental illness ignited his lifelong mission to combat stigma. Read this Next Avenue article for more, nextavenue.org/how-mental-hea….

Join me at the “Come Together Festival of IntraConnectivity and Spirit” at Esalen, June 24 - 28, 2024. Learn more and register here: esalen.org/workshops/come…

I went to the UCLA campus last night and spent a few hours there before the police dispersed the encampment. I wanted to see the pro-Palestine student protests for myself and get a sense of the atmosphere, energy, and students, as well as the movement's focus and the desired

'Combining fat and sugar supra-additively increases dopamine efflux and eating'
Very nice paper Guillaume de Lartigue Cell Metabolism

Separate gut-brain circuits for fat and sugar reinforcement combine to... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

97% of the posts about political content on X/Twitter comes from just 10% of the users.

Social media discourse about politics is dominated by the most extreme users and does not reflect what more users think.

My latest piece. This one on ritual, and trying finding the sacred in the mundane—my life goal.
Nicki Bush, PhD Elizabeth Rogers, MD BJ Miller UCSF Benioff SF Tammie Chang, MD Danielle Chammas Elissa Epel Shireen Heidari, MD Dena Wisner Hubbard Laurel Braitman

kevinmd.com/2024/04/the-ma…

‼️ The Lab for Scalable Mental Health is hiring a FT Research Coordinator! Work on grant-funded nonprofit-, community-, & industry-partnered research to make mental health care scalable & accessible for youth.

WHERE: Chicago, 2-3 days in office/wk
WHEN: July 1, for 2+ yrs
Link👇🏻

Join us at 9 am PST Sunday to hear two foundational ways to deal with the overload of stress many feel from world affairs / polycrisis. Find us at TaraMandalas FB or YouTube

Excited to share the final paper (preprint!) of my PhD w/Elissa Epel, BSMS & Sussex Psychology on Research Square 'Effects of brief remote high ventilation breathwork with retention on mental health & wellbeing: A randomised placebo-controlled trial' researchsquare.com/article/rs-421…

Nutrition during pregnancy is important for 2! We found being aware of hunger cues (interoceptive awareness) and using the My Plate method, predicted lower emotional eating. And My Plate method use predicted improved nutrition! ACOG Pregnancy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Feeling climate anxiety? You're not alone. Join the inaugural Climate Resilience Class with UCSF Elissa Epel and other University of California campuses, designed to help undergraduate and graduate students turn their climate distress into collective action. bit.ly/4a3ijw5

NOT TOO LATE to join our class at any campus! including UCSF. Email [email protected]

A year ago we released our climate anthology Not Too Late; on New Year's Day we added this practical 'what can I do' short guidebook that's a free download (and is added to the digital book). Thanks to everyone supporting climate action and Not Too Late's fantastic contributors.

Is loneliness is bad for your health? a @nature news feature synthesizes the scientific literature and comes to the conclusion that yes, loneliness is bad for your health and explains why nature.com/articles/d4158…